Born in the U.S.A.

Choice Doesn’t End With the Decision to Become a Parent

Meet three birth caregivers--a obstetrician, a nurse-midwife, and a licensed homebirth midwife--each with a dramatically different idea about what constitutes best care for
birthing women. Learn how they see their work and what factors--medical, legal, and cultural--influence women's choices in the birthing room.

Produced in association with iTVS and featured on the Oxygen Network, inSelf and Fit Pregnancy.

"Every man, woman, and child in this country should see this film. -- Christiane Northrup, MD, Author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"Lively, honest ... addresses all the issues that women, and couples looking forward to birth, too, want to consider: not only safety, but also power and powerlessness in
childbirth, women's right to control the territory in which they give birth." -- Sheila Kitzinger, Author, The Politics of Birth

"It is heartening to see that a production of this caliber, which has received a wide public showing, depicts a variety of birthing options. It captures the complexity of birth
and clearly points out the involvement of today's women in the process." -- Library Journal

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